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BG prepping for Winnacunnet

NASHUA, N.H. -- The Bishop Guertin High School football team finished the regular season with a 5-4 record but it was good enough to secure a berth in the New Hampshire Division 2 playoffs.

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BG, seeded fourth in the four-team playoffs, will travel to Hampton, N.H., on Saturday to take on top-seeded Winnacunnet in a 1 p.m. game. Winnacunnet beat Guertin, 28-14, this past Friday night.

The other semifinal pits Keene against Bedford.

Bishop Guertin has the distinction of having lost to all three of the other Division 2 playoff teams this fall.

The finals are on Saturday, Feb. 17 at the home of the highest remaining seed.

In other New Hampshire football news, Bob Nimblett, head coach for the Alvirne High Broncos for nine years, has resigned. His team was 3-5 in the division this year.

Windham High School has only been in existence since 2009. Before that, students mainly attended Salem High School.

It didn't take long for the Jaguars to make their presence felt on the statewide scene.

This past weekend, Windham won the N.H. Division 2 boys soccer championship, beating Hollis-Brookline in the final, 3-2 in overtime.

In addition, Windham made it to the final of the N.H. Division 2 field hockey tournament this fall, where the Jaguars fell to Lebanon, 3-1. Windham also made the semifinals of the Division 4 football playoffs, losing to Manchester Trinity, 20-13.

Alvirne High senior Aaron Bellomo was the top local finisher at the N.H.

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Meet of Champions cross country meet held Saturday at Mine Falls Park in Nashua.

Bellomo was fifth overall with a time of 15:59 for the 5K race.

Griffin Gagnon was the top Bishop Guertin finisher at 16th, while Brandon Hannon was the top Pelham runner, finishing 53rd.

On the girls side, Heidi Ntengeri of BG was the top local with a 5K time of 19:24, placing her 25th. Guertin's Sarah Burke, of Tyngsboro, was 28th. BG was fourth in the team standings.

Shannon Arsenault was the top Pelham runner, taking 29th place, while Lydia Lyman was tops for Alvirne at 39th.

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